The first table below looks at the demand for COM skills in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited COM over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the Yorkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Component Object Model (COM)
Rank 109 107 93
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -14
Contract jobs citing COM 4 7 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.212% 0.304% 0.168%
As % of the Application Development category 0.726% 1.270% 0.664%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 2
Average daily rate £338 £280 £456
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.53% -38.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £236 £171 £391
10% offered a daily rate of more than £392 £393 £521
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £400 £375
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £22.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £31.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-29.03% -11.42%
All Application Development
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
551 551 452
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 29.20% 23.95% 25.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 303 329 240
Average daily rate £300 £300 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £213 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £380 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 10 21
Average hourly rate £33.00 £17.00 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+94.11% -60.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
COM
England

COM
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing COM across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Yorkshire COM Jobs Demand Trend

COM
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing COM across the Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire COM Daily Rate Trend

COM
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing COM across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Yorkshire COM Daily Rate Histogram

COM
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing COM across the Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire COM Hourly Rate Trend

COM
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing COM within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
West Yorkshire -2 2 £371 -
South Yorkshire 0 1 - -
COM
England

COM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region citing COM also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited COM.

1 13 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (69.23%) SQL Server
3 8 (61.54%) MS Excel
4 5 (38.46%) .NET
5 4 (30.77%) Salesforce.com
5 4 (30.77%) CRM
5 4 (30.77%) Siebel
5 4 (30.77%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (30.77%) JavaScript
5 4 (30.77%) SQL
5 4 (30.77%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (30.77%) NetSuite
5 4 (30.77%) Agile Software Development
6 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
7 2 (15.38%) ETL
7 2 (15.38%) HTTP
7 2 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (15.38%) Project Management
7 2 (15.38%) MS Project
7 2 (15.38%) MS Office
7 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (15.38%) Data Management
8 1 (7.692%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (7.692%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (7.692%) Project Planning
8 1 (7.692%) Cisco IPT
8 1 (7.692%) MDX
8 1 (7.692%) User Acceptance Testing
8 1 (7.692%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (7.692%) Data Integration

COM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region citing COM also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited COM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (38.46%) .NET
2 1 (7.692%) MDX
Application Platforms
1 1 (7.692%) MS Exchange
1 1 (7.692%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (61.54%) MS Excel
2 2 (15.38%) MS Project
2 2 (15.38%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) HTTP
2 1 (7.692%) Cisco IPT
2 1 (7.692%) Firewall
2 1 (7.692%) Intranet
2 1 (7.692%) Internet
2 1 (7.692%) LAN
2 1 (7.692%) WAN
2 1 (7.692%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (69.23%) SQL Server
2 4 (30.77%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (7.692%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (7.692%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (7.692%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (7.692%) Pentaho
3 1 (7.692%) SQL Server 2012
3 1 (7.692%) Oracle OWB
3 1 (7.692%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (7.692%) DTS
General
1 1 (7.692%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Developer
2 2 (15.38%) Project Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Team Leader
2 2 (15.38%) Development Team Leader
3 1 (7.692%) Network Specialist
3 1 (7.692%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 1 (7.692%) Microsoft Developer
3 1 (7.692%) Dynamics CRM Developer
3 1 (7.692%) CRM Developer
3 1 (7.692%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (7.692%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (7.692%) SQL Developer
3 1 (7.692%) Oracle Developer
3 1 (7.692%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (7.692%) Analyst
3 1 (7.692%) Service Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.692%) Data Integration
1 1 (7.692%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.692%) Windows 7
1 1 (7.692%) Windows
1 1 (7.692%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) CRM
1 4 (30.77%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (15.38%) ETL
2 2 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (15.38%) Project Management
2 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (15.38%) Data Management
3 1 (7.692%) Project Planning
3 1 (7.692%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (7.692%) Data Transformation
3 1 (7.692%) Service Delivery
3 1 (7.692%) Risk Management
3 1 (7.692%) Migration
3 1 (7.692%) Data Modelling
3 1 (7.692%) PRINCE
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) JavaScript
1 4 (30.77%) SQL
2 1 (7.692%) T-SQL
2 1 (7.692%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (7.692%) MCSE
1 1 (7.692%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (30.77%) Salesforce.com
2 4 (30.77%) Siebel
2 4 (30.77%) NetSuite
3 1 (7.692%) SAP
3 1 (7.692%) Cisco
3 1 (7.692%) Oracle
3 1 (7.692%) Novell
West Yorkshire
New 3+ month contract assignment for a SQL Server DBA to join a leading leisure company based in West Yorkshire which boasts a £500 million annual turnoverSkills:-experience...
Rate: £350 per annum
Posted: 4 May 2013
Sheffield, Yorkshire
You will have to be technically strong in the Dynamics CRM space.Skills- Dynamics CRM 2011 experience- .Net experience- SQL experience- Silverlight experience is a bonus- Worked for...
Nigel Frank International
Rate: £200 - £400 per day
Posted: 27 April 2013
West Yorkshire
A large Public Sector organisation has approached us to supply them with a Data Warehouse Developer for a 3 month contract to develop reports from the Data Warehouse.
Venn Group
Rate: £260 - 280 Per Day Limited worker benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
West Yorkshire
You will be providing support for over 700 users, as such you must have previous 2nd line and 3rd line experience, with evidence of project work, migrations, rollouts...
Computer Futures
Rate: £300 - £450 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013